e-news archive
Friday, April 13, 2007
in this issue...
- What are you waiting for?
- POWER Lunch: FREE Lunch & Career Networking
- Interviewing
- Internships! New this Week
- Ask Dot
- Featured Website
- Career Resource: InterviewStream
- Alumni Highlight: Publishing/Copyright Administration
- Employer Spotlight: US Department of Veteran Affairs
- Calendar of Career Events
- Sign Up for On-Campus Interviews!
- Job Search Boot Camp
- Career Week 2007
- Etiquette Dinner
- WFIC Summer Insurance Institute
What are you waiting for?
CAREER WEEK
April 14-20, 2007
Click HERE for more...
POWER Lunch: Asian-American/Pacific Islander
Wednesday, April 25
12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
AMU 227
See who is speaking
View past events online
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INTERVIEWING! So you have landed an interview, congratulations! Now the real preparation begins. It is important to learn about the art of interviewing and practice sound interviewing techniques by gaining knowledge of how to better sell yourself to an interviewer and to present powerful interview answers. The suggestions below will help you get started.
- Make a list of ten strengths (you have many more). Think in terms of the job you are seeking. Write down those ten strengths and then make a list of examples you could use to demonstrate those skills. This will give you a battery of answers for typical interview questions. For assistance in skills identification, read our Transferable Skills handout and check the skills you are able to demonstrate.
- Schedule a mock interview with a career counselor by calling 414.288.7423 or schedule a time to use InterviewStream.
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No college student should be graduating without career-related experience. Be sure to gain skills through internships and co-ops related to your career goal or major. View internships posted recently for Marquette University students. To see even more internships plus full-time jobs, register with MU CareerTRAK.
Work for Career Services during Academic Year 2007-08!
Career Intern
In this position, you will serve as the front line for students seeking resume and career services assistance during daily walk-in hours. This includes resume and cover letter review, orientation to services and MU CareerTRAK, outreach presentations to student groups, and marketing. To apply, please send your resume and cover letter to julia.rodrigues@marquette.edu.
Career Ambassador
Do you have a lot of friends with a variety of interests?
Does everyone call you to find out what is happening?
Can you talk anybody off of the couch?
If the answers are YES,
then you don’t want to miss your opportunity to work as a
Career Ambassador for the Career Services Center!
The EXTENDED DEADLINE to apply for these two positions is Friday, April 27! For more details on these exciting opportunities and how to apply, please log on to MU CareerTRAK or Job Connection.
Additional WFIC College-to-Work
Summer 2007 Internship Opportunities!
Jockey International – Kenosha, WI
Scholarship: $1,500, Paid Hourly
2 Opportunities Available (Summer 2007)
For more details on these exciting opportunities and how to apply, please log on to MU CareerTRAK.
MonsterTRAK Ultimate Internship – Spring 2007
Win an Ultimate Internship with one of these leading employers:
Focus Features/Rogue Pictures: Movie Marketing Internship – Focus Features is a motion picture production, financing, and worldwide distribution company, committed to bringing moviegoers the most original stories from the world’s most innovative filmmakers. The company is looking to fill internship positions in both its New York City and Los Angeles offices. Through working in the marketing department of Focus and/or sibling company Rogue Pictures, the selected interns will learn the process – from conceptualization through execution – of how major motion pictures are positioned and marketed via advertising, public relations, and promotions.
Environmental Defense: Environmental Marketing Internship – Environmental Defense, a leading national nonprofit environmental organization, is seeking a summer intern to help influence environmental policies through communications efforts. The student intern will work directly with experts in science, law, economics, and other environmental professionals to secure broader recognition of the organization’s advocacy efforts.
Northwestern Mutual: Financial Representative Internship – Northwestern Mutual Financial Network is seeking a motivated intern with strong interpersonal skills to assess clients’ financial needs and offer investment solutions. The intern will have access to the resources, products, and assistance needed to build a client base.
Enterprise Rent-A-Car: Sales Management Internship – Enterprise Rent-A-Car, the largest rental car company in North America, is offering a paid summer internship – at the U.S. location of the candidate’s choice – to learn what it takes to run a successful business while acquiring highly marketable managerial skills and experience. The intern selected will also have an opportunity to fly to the St Louis corporate headquarters for a day with Enterprise executives.
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Dear Dot,
I have a phone interview next week and I don’t know how to prepare—can you tell me what I should expect and how to get ready for it?
Dwight S.
Read Dot's advice
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Idealist.org
On Idealist, you can imagine a better world, connect with people who want to help build it, take action in your community, reach out to others, post and find nonprofit jobs, volunteer opportunities, events, and more, and donate to support all this.
At the site you will find:
In addition to searching and browsing, individuals can use Idealist to:
- Define what information you'd like to receive by email from among the job openings, volunteer opportunities, internships, events, and resources posted here by organizations all over the world.
- For example, you can choose to receive updates about job openings and environmental events in New Zealand, volunteer opportunities next summer in Chile, and human rights resources in Spanish, and receive all of this in no more than one personalized email per day.
- Design the perfect volunteer opportunity for yourself by setting up one or more Volunteer Profiles with your interests, skills, and schedule. These Profiles can then be searched by organizations in Idealist.
- Find people around the world who share your interests, goals, and ideas.
Check it out TODAY!
You have heard it said so many times. Making an excellent first impression is essential for a strong interview. This includes your appearance, your timeliness, but most importantly, your interviewing skills!
Who really gets the job? The best qualified? The smartest candidate? No! The person who is able to best sell his or her skills to employers in a professional and effective manner.
Think you're a great interviewer? Could be, however a little practice never hurts. Before heading into your next interview, spend 30 minutes using our newest technology: InterviewStream!
You can stop in or sign up ahead to use this interactive online video-based practice interviewing. It provides feedback of non-verbal behavior and communication missteps, plus it's a helpful tool for objective Counselor assessment.
To use this new technology, make an appointment at the Career Services Center (414.288.7423) or logon from home and use your own computer and webcam.
Visit InterviewStream to practice for an interview today!
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Trudie Gauerke, English/Advertising, May 2004, Publishing/Copyright Administration.
Learn more about the success and career path of this Marquette Graduate.
Contact Trudie Gauerke at trudithnjudith@yahoo.com.
Are you interested in contacting other alumni for career advice?
Check out MU Connect: Career Alumni Network.
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VA operates one of the largest healthcare systems in the United States. The VA employs highly trained professionals who are dedicated to providing top quality health care to veterans. VA also ensures that veterans and their dependents receive accurate and timely financial payments, and a dignified burial. VA staff members work at military bases and hospitals worldwide.
Typical positions filled in VA include health related fields (such as doctors, nurses, nursing assistants, laboratory technician, research scientist, etc.), as well as positions in various professional, technical, administrative, secretarial/clerical, and trades and crafts occupations. There are also special opportunities at VA for students and new grads.
For more information, please visit: http://www.va.gov/jobs/.
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Calendar of Events
This calendar includes upcoming on campus recruiting events and career-related workshops.
Sign Up for On-Campus Interviews!
Junior and Seniors:
On-campus interviews began on February 16 (the day after the Workforce Career Fair). Since most of the on-campus interviews involve submitting a resume three weeks in advance of an employer visit, the time to sign up for interviews is now!
All interviews are arranged through MU CareerTRAK. We strongly encourage all job seekers to register with MU CareerTRAK. The process is easy and begins by submitting a resume to career.services@marquette.edu. One of our counselors will respond with detailed instructions. Campus interview schedules are also available through the Marquette Calendar of Events. You may also visit our office in person for personal assistance with MU CareerTRAK and signing up for on-campus interviews.
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ATTENTION!
Need a Job?
Sign Up for Job Search Boot Camp!
The Career Services Center is hosting an action-packed JOB SEARCH BOOTCAMP to jump start your active job search. Learn how to market yourself, write a perfect resume and cover letter, research employers, network, and practice interviewing.
FREE LUNCH and GIVEAWAYS are included!
Report for learning:
Saturday, April 14
9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m., Career Services Center
Register TODAY at www.mu.edu/csc!
(Space is limited to 50)
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What are you waiting for?
CAREER WEEK
April 14-21, 2007
- NEW! Attend four events, have a CAREER WEEK card stamped, and receive one of the following:
- FREE Marquette padfolio or
- FREE ticket to the Etiquette Dinner
(Thursday, April 19, 6-8pm, Wisconsin Club)
- Where to find a CAREER WEEK CARD
- Stop in Career Services
- Visit the Career Services cart at various locations on campus
- Download your own CAREER WEEK Card
- See all events in printable PDF
Look HERE for all of the details!
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The Student Alumni Network invites you to
the 7th Annual Etiquette Dinner
co-sponsored by
the Career Services Center and the Alumni Association!
Laura Kestner, Director of the Marquette University Career Services Center, will help guide students as they mix and mingle. Following the reception, Ms. Kestner will provide dining etiquette tips and demonstrations during a three-course meal. Following dinner, students and guests will be able to ask etiquette questions and hosts and sponsors will have an opportunity to make closing remarks.
Date: Thursday, April 19, 2007
Time: 6:00 p.m. Reception, 6:30 p.m. Dinner
Place: Wisconsin Club (900 West Wisconsin Avenue - Valet parking is provided via Club entrance on 10th Street. Visit http://www.wisconsinclub.com/ for more information about the Wisconsin Club.)
Cost: $15 for students
STUDENT PAYMENT OPTIONS:
1. Send via campus mail or drop off at 1212 Building, Room 615
2. Credit card via online registration
3. If you believe you will obtain four stamps on your CAREER WEEK Card and plan to attend the Etiquette Dinner courtesy of Career Services, please register in advance. Once you present your completed card to the Career Services Center by 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 18, you will be reimbursed for the Etiquette Dinner.
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WFIC Summer Insurance Institute
June 4-7, 2007 at Concordia University
Apply by April 16, 2007!
• Free! - No cost to Wisconsin private college students including room and board for four days
• Learn the fundamentals of a growing, changing industry through industry experts and
hands-on activities
• Discover well-paid corporate careers in accounting, IT, risk management, marketing, HR,
sales, business management and many more
• Interact and dine with dynamic leaders from more than 35 top insurance firms in Wisconsin
• Unique networking events inclulding: a golf outing, Cubs -vs- Brewers game event, formal
dinner and more
• One week experience may count for college credit!
• For more information, visit www.wficweb.org/institute or call 414.273.5980
Sponsored by: The Wisconsin Foundation for Independent Colleges
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